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Scientific American, Vol. 46, No. 7 (1882) (1882)

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ully manifested, as it enables “la terre” in French, and ‘‘zemlya” in Russian. Mr. Elias Durlach, of Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y., has pa- | them to glide with lightning-like speed under the water, and The origin of these signs is not generally known, and is tented an improved toy stove, usually found… … ment, and of a cockeye or loop used acircle to designate the sun to be attached to the trace, which and a crescent for the moon. loop is flattened or reduced in But the planetary symbols size at one point, so asto readi- are much more modern;: they ly pass through the slot, the other parts of the…

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